{"id":198778,"date":"2024-11-04T09:24:12","date_gmt":"2024-11-04T15:24:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/11\/is-there-free-will-the-unsettling-science-behind-our-everyday-decisions-dr-robert-sapolsky"},"modified":"2024-11-04T09:24:12","modified_gmt":"2024-11-04T15:24:12","slug":"is-there-free-will-the-unsettling-science-behind-our-everyday-decisions-dr-robert-sapolsky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/11\/is-there-free-will-the-unsettling-science-behind-our-everyday-decisions-dr-robert-sapolsky","title":{"rendered":"Is There Free Will? The Unsettling Science Behind Our Everyday Decisions | Dr. Robert Sapolsky"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iFb4nY4Bqv8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In a world where choices seem endless, could it be that our \u2018free will\u2019 is nothing more than an illusion?<\/p>\n<p>When it comes to things like choosing a morning run over an extra hour of sleep, opting for an apple instead of that enticing pint of ice cream, or quitting your job on a whim\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2026What\u2019s truly guiding these decisions? Is it willpower, biology, environment, or perhaps a unique strength of character we\u2019ve built over time?<\/p>\n<p>Or\u2026 could it be something else entirely, something beyond our control?<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s where our guest, Dr. Robert Sapolsky \u2014 a renowned Professor of Biology, Neurology and Neurosurgery at Stanford University \u2014 offers us a slightly unsettling, yet eye-opening, perspective.<\/p>\n<p>He suggests that every decision we make \u2014 from the podcasts we tune into, to judges making a case verdict, to choosing our life partner \u2014 isn\u2019t shaped by any sort of conscious control or free will. Instead, he believes our actions are driven by factors beyond our grasp and influence.<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/11\/is-there-free-will-the-unsettling-science-behind-our-everyday-decisions-dr-robert-sapolsky\">Continue reading \u201cIs There Free Will? The Unsettling Science Behind Our Everyday Decisions | Dr. Robert Sapolsky\u201d | &gt;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a world where choices seem endless, could it be that our \u2018free will\u2019 is nothing more than an illusion? When it comes to things like choosing a morning run over an extra hour of sleep, opting for an apple instead of that enticing pint of ice cream, or quitting your job on a whim\u2026 [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":661,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,47,224],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-198778","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-neuroscience","category-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198778","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/661"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=198778"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198778\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=198778"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=198778"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=198778"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}